Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 18:53:08 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how do I downgrade from 11-current to 10-stable Message-ID: <0E0C977D-2D1B-4CFD-BCDF-CBC202D88078@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150531094127.2950a5ef@X220.alogt.com> References: <CAGBxaXkTE7FB0Pu-9r6PXpKpB579T6UwGwYoNEYX9650UTFwKQ@mail.gmail.com> <20150531094127.2950a5ef@X220.alogt.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On May 30, 2015, at 18:41, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 30 May 2015 05:52:56 -0400 > Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My desktop machine is 11-current and I want to down grade it to >> 10-stable how do I do this without needing a reinstall? >> > > I did this several times from sources. Be aware of one problem which > could be fatal. If you created a encrypted partition with GELI and you > downgrade, the older version might not be able to handle the encryption > of the newer version. This is not mentioned in the documentation. > > There might be also a catch with the mix of kernel/world. To avoid > problems there, I ran both the installation of kernel and the world in > one go. Anything that modifies on-disk metadata is a no-go for downgrades, which includes UFS and ZFS as well… Cheers, -NGie [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVammJAAoJEMZr5QU6S73eu/QH/jjaV3rzz56sOabtrScwZsnS MQG/DcYe7AasHYCQt9x3kliXm/2BVlhaUgSkMLqBzJqe3qUrMcnV6m2DAR+i6P4l TBIb7bRPwfGu/hf42ufkKvHsSiB6rTMVSNtnb1o4QsUX7ULRCw0F3xI+8Rpd4RUA OXtseArd8XpiBQPtuG4JbHMZjPaG8GqVI4tyXIdZp+Zors0yNkeE/mnXfX/2zO2j qT3yytyWM5JZTUls+/YQe63/BY2hI0WN1L3NphM+wKl388Nth9BpfdjE1w3rCT9w fkV9xi/IZse1eCkU0Nt1XidD8FVvuwLUmq4j98ynXfJpDyoVWnlVFoiFWYIREgU= =sSxr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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